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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA | For Davis Love III, another trip to the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links was comfortably familiar.
Even if little else in his life feels that way.
Love and his wife, Robin, lost their long-time home in St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, to a house fire in late March. Returning to the Heritage, which he’s won five times, was the first time he’s been back at a tournament since the fire.
The Loves lost virtually everything, and though they recently purchased a new home not far from where they lived they’re still putting the pieces of their lives together again.
“Robin and I packing up to come to a golf tournament was exciting, but it was also a little emotional,” Love said. “We didn't have anything to pack like we usually would do. I'm searching for head covers, and my son gave me a ball mark fixer on Sunday evening. I was like, ‘I just don't have enough equipment to go play a PGA Tour event. So it's been ups and downs like that.’
“We've been very blessed in our lives and really in the last few months with friends and family. We bought a house, and we moved in … I'm not settled yet. It will be a long time until things get settled for us. But we're moving forward.”
Love said he was preparing to do some projects around his house when the fire happened in the middle of the night. It started in the garage and, he said, engulfed the entire house within 10 minutes.
The memorabilia he had collected through the years and virtually everything else was lost.
Love said: “My daughter gave me a great piece of advice, she goes, ‘Let people do stuff for you for a change. You've done stuff for people your whole life, and it makes them feel good. Even if you don't need another pack of underwear, let them do stuff for you because it makes them feel good.’ ”
At Harbour Town, Love played Thursday and Friday with Webb Simpson and Bryson DeChambeau. He shot 72-69–141 and missed the cut by three strokes.
“It just felt good to play a golf tournament again,” he said.
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